Winter is my favorite time of year for fragrance. Scents seem to last longer on the skin and it seems more appropriate to wear the stronger ones. Here are my top 3 picks for winter. These are the ones I love wearing now and the good thing about all of them is they are very long-lasting.
1. My favorite still year after year next to Angelique Encens by Creed is “Neiges Lise Watier” or “Snow Water” (1993). This is Canada’s #1 perfume and it’s easy to understand why. The notes don’t seem like “winter” notes but in their own way they are so soft and relaxing. “Neiges” is a clean white soft floral. It is powdery and very feminine. Notes consist of white flowers, hyacinth, lily of the valley, jasmine, magnolia, orange blossom, and musk. Wearing this makes me think of the color white and snow, wanting snow, and wanting to be snowed in. It’s a good scent for winter and the warmer months too.
2. “L’Instant” de Guerlain” (2003) runs a close second. I absolutely love wearing this. People around me seem to like it and always ask about it. Top notes are rosewood, lilac, bergamot, and mandarin. Mid-notes consists of magnolia, iris, citrus, honey, lemon and orange blossoms and base notes are benzoin, vanilla, and clean white amber. I think the mix of honey and amber really set this one off. This fragrance, while wearing, might make you ask someone “come sit beside me”, “come close”, “I’ll comfort you”, or “I’ll take care of you”. There is definitely something about L’Instant that just seems to make your worries go away. Of course, it’s hard to go wrong at the House of Guerlain.
3. “Frapin 1270” is the most unusual of all 3 scents because it is a bit stronger yet smooth in a good way. 1270 is the year the Frapin family established itself in the Cognac region of France and where they still remain today. Frapin can only be described as an equivalent to a dry, rich, velvety, smooth cognac, although it contains no cognac. Its notes are reminiscent of the vineyard grasses, the wine warehouses, the smell of damp earth in the cellars, the wood of new casks, and the humus where cognacs are stored. It can also be compared to an aged sugary fruit cake with notes of exotic woods, spice, raisin, vine flowers, pepper, candied orange, nut, hazelnut, prune, cocoa, coffee, white honey, vanilla, and amber. Luckily, this one is unisex so you guys and gals can share a bottle. I can guarantee this will soon become a classic indeed. This is one that if on a piece of clothing such as a coat and another person put that coat on they’d never want to take it off. Better yet, have the person you want to wear it and just don’t let go.
Kim Myers
1. My favorite still year after year next to Angelique Encens by Creed is “Neiges Lise Watier” or “Snow Water” (1993). This is Canada’s #1 perfume and it’s easy to understand why. The notes don’t seem like “winter” notes but in their own way they are so soft and relaxing. “Neiges” is a clean white soft floral. It is powdery and very feminine. Notes consist of white flowers, hyacinth, lily of the valley, jasmine, magnolia, orange blossom, and musk. Wearing this makes me think of the color white and snow, wanting snow, and wanting to be snowed in. It’s a good scent for winter and the warmer months too.
2. “L’Instant” de Guerlain” (2003) runs a close second. I absolutely love wearing this. People around me seem to like it and always ask about it. Top notes are rosewood, lilac, bergamot, and mandarin. Mid-notes consists of magnolia, iris, citrus, honey, lemon and orange blossoms and base notes are benzoin, vanilla, and clean white amber. I think the mix of honey and amber really set this one off. This fragrance, while wearing, might make you ask someone “come sit beside me”, “come close”, “I’ll comfort you”, or “I’ll take care of you”. There is definitely something about L’Instant that just seems to make your worries go away. Of course, it’s hard to go wrong at the House of Guerlain.
3. “Frapin 1270” is the most unusual of all 3 scents because it is a bit stronger yet smooth in a good way. 1270 is the year the Frapin family established itself in the Cognac region of France and where they still remain today. Frapin can only be described as an equivalent to a dry, rich, velvety, smooth cognac, although it contains no cognac. Its notes are reminiscent of the vineyard grasses, the wine warehouses, the smell of damp earth in the cellars, the wood of new casks, and the humus where cognacs are stored. It can also be compared to an aged sugary fruit cake with notes of exotic woods, spice, raisin, vine flowers, pepper, candied orange, nut, hazelnut, prune, cocoa, coffee, white honey, vanilla, and amber. Luckily, this one is unisex so you guys and gals can share a bottle. I can guarantee this will soon become a classic indeed. This is one that if on a piece of clothing such as a coat and another person put that coat on they’d never want to take it off. Better yet, have the person you want to wear it and just don’t let go.
Kim Myers
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